House Republicans are advancing seven different bills to strengthen American election security, including measures to require proof of citizenship for mail-in voting and to prohibit foreign nationals from making political contributions.
The bills are said to be aimed at enhancing the integrity of elections, and the committee is seeking bipartisan support for these efforts.
The meeting will take place about a month and a half before the Iowa caucus and is part of a larger package called the American Confidence in Elections Act. (Trending: Donald Trump Confronts Bud Light CEO)
Rep. Bryan Steil said, “It’s just some commonsense reforms that we have an opportunity to put forward that strengthen the integrity of our elections.”
“When we had a joint hearing with Oversight… we went back and forth, and when we explained what the D.C. law does, that it would allow, you know, foreign nationals working with foreign embassies in D.C. who have been here for 30 days to vote for mayor, even Democrats at the hearing said well… I could agree with you there,” explained the Wisconsin republican.
Adding, “The idea that we’re going to allow non-citizens to vote in our nation’s capital for the mayor of Washington, D.C., sounds as ridiculous as it is.”
“There’s effectively what I view as a loophole in the law that bans foreign contributions to federal candidates… federal candidates, you can’t accept foreign money… But it’s not the case right now for ballot initiatives. And so we’re putting that in place to, again, strengthen the integrity of our elections, prevent foreign interference,” promised Steil.
“I think we have an opportunity to enhance people’s confidence in the election,” suggested Steil.
“So, I think what we see is people across the country don’t have a level of confidence that I think we could instill by further strengthening our elections. This is about building confidence, and you build confidence by enhancing election integrity,” said Steil.
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